Week 1: Prepping for Funky Junk

Week 1 is put to bed. Want to see what I've been working on the last two days?


Four lovely tables. 

I decided to use up some of my 15 quarts of ASCP. I know. Insane.  I'm kind of over the colors I have so I decided to make my own colors. If Funky Junk isn't an excuse to experiment, then I don't know what is. I glanced at some of the recipes online via the Annie Sloan website and remembered which paint combinations/recipes I wanted to try out. I went back to the website and looked up their names after I finished.

Would you like to get to know each one a little better?


Madame de Pompadour Side Table

I love this one- it might be my favorite. It is a soft blue-gray and oh-so-Frenchy.

There she is, in all her Frenchy glory.

Perfectly distressed.

She has great legs, doesn't she?

Mmm. Love these details.

STEPS:

1. First Coat: 1/4 Louis Blue, 3/4 white
2. Sanded- fine grit, for smoothing
3. Second Coat: 1/2 Louis Blue, 1/2 Old White, plus 1/4 cup of water to make a glaze
4. Clear Wax
5. Sanded - medium grit for distressing
6. More Clear Wax

Rococo Side Table with drawer

I love how this color turned out. Somehow it is even more vibrant than just Duck Egg, even though it is cut with Old White. Funny how that happens.

See my wax brush? Worst wax brush ever. Really must upgrade.

Not sure yet what hardware will grace her front. Suggestions?

STEPS:

1. First Coat: 1/4 Duck Egg, 3/4 Old White
2. Sanded- fine grit for smoothing
3. Second Coat: 1/2 Duck Egg, 1/2 Old White, 1/4 cup of water to make a glaze. 
4. Sanded- medium grit for distressing
5. Clear Wax
6. Sanded- fine grit
7. Clear Wax

Florence ( my own recipe) Coffee Table

I am really proud of this color. You'll be seeing this again in the near-future.

After a first coat of Florence.

All done! She received a second coat (glaze) and two coats of Aubusson Blue tinted wax.

This is so yummy in person!

STEPS:

1. First Coat: 1/2 Old White, 1/6 Provence, 1/6 Louis Blue, 1/6 Aubusson
2. Sanded - fine grit for smoothing
3. Second Coat: Same as first but with 1/4 cup of water to make a glaze
4. Sanded - medium grit for distressing
5. Aubusson Blue colored clear wax
6. Sanded - fine grit for smoothing
7. Aubusson Blue colored clear wax

Linen Side Table
Not sure if she is quite done. I'm tempted to add a white glaze to it to soften it a bit more.

(Update: Photos have been added, finally.)

Photos coming. Blogger is being a bear tonight and won't let me upload more photos.)

Taped off- I left the top unpainted

First coat of milk paint- Linen

And she's done!

Close up of hand painted carving detail in Old White

STEPS:

1. First Coat: General Finishes Milk Paint in Linen
2. Second Coat: General Finishes Milk Paint in Linen
3. Third Coat: General Finishes Milk Paint in Linen
4. ASCP Clear Wax
5. Sanded- medium grit for distressing
6. ASCP Clear Wax

You will notice that my steps are a little different with milk paint versus chalkpaint.  It takes more coats of milk paint to get the opaque look that I like. But it requires no sanding in between coats and it dries so fast that by the time I'm done with the first coat, I can do a second, and a third coat back-to-back without pause. 


And yes, you can use ASCP clear wax on Milk Paint- you can use ASCP clear wax on anything really. 


The Florence paint recipe is especially yummy. I also really love using Aubusson Blue colored clear wax on anything painted with Louis Blue, Provence, and Duck Egg. It is just gorgeous over those colors. 



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